Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said as of 12:30 p.m. local time, Russian forces are blocking 45 buses that left Zaporizhzhia for occupied Berdiansk to evacuate civilians from Mariupol at Vasylivka checkpoint.
"Again and again, we demand that the entire world community focus its attention and help people get out of occupied Mariupol," she said.
"They believe that a new agreement within the framework of the (Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area) DCFTA could destabilize European markets," a source present during an EU Agriculture Council meeting told European Pravda.
When asked when certain weapons, including missiles to Patriot air defense systems, were expected to arrive in Ukraine, Trump responded by saying "a full complement with the batteries... We're going to have some come very soon, within days."
"Denys Shmyhal's extensive experience will definitely be valuable in the position of Ukraine’s defense minister," President Volodymyr Zelensky said.
"We're gonna be doing very severe tariffs if we don't have a deal in 50 days. Tariffs that are about 100%, we call them secondary tariffs," Donald Trump said in a joint press conference in the White House alongside NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte.
The technology is critical for Ukraine's air defense as Russia's aerial attacks have escalated significantly over the past few months
The Kyiv Independent asked teens in Ukraine aged between 14 and 17 about their experiences during Russia's war.
"From the EU perspective, the talks are about more than three Patriot systems for Ukraine," a German government spokesperson said.
Russian troops launched drone attacks on Kharkiv and Sumy oblasts on July 14, killing one person and injuring at least 21, local authorities reported.
